Chrysanthemum Flower Plant Care

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Chrysanthemum flower plant care. Consistent applications of quality fertilizers will help your mums grow larger and produce more blooms choose a balanced water soluble fertilizer for monthly application from early spring through july. If growing in pots give them supplemental. Mums also prefer a sunny spot in the landscape. They should be divided in the spring when new growth appears.

Yellow lavender pink purple red bronze. If you plant fall mums wait to begin their fertilization until the spring. Tall plants and any grown in a windy position will need staking. When the flower buds develop and start to open begin feeding with a high potash plant food.

Planting chrysanthemums in spring will give them the best chance of surviving the following winter. Chrysanthemums will grow in partial shade but may get leggy when reaching for sunlight. You can tie the individual stems of large flowered varieties individually to bamboo canes. If you are using them as an annual pop of fall color plant them when blooming in late summer or early fall.

Mums are low maintenance but they need well drained soil. Chrysanthemums are available at garden centers in up to gallon sized containers. When learning how to grow chrysanthemums you ll find they re adaptable to soil types but do best in organic soils. To produce bushier plants with more flowers when they are 20 25cm 8 10in high in late may to mid june pinch out the top 5cm 2in of the main shoot.

Dig entire clumps and separate the plants with a sharp clean knife or spade. Dilute the fertilizer in the water at the fertilizer label s recommended rate. Each bloom is made of hundreds of tiny flowers called florets. Water the plants with a soluble balanced fertilizer such as a 10 10 10 blend once each month.

Chrysanthemums are sun loving but they can survive on 6 hours of light a day. The more light they get though the better. Remove all dead and diseased plant parts. Adding compost or peat moss helps to loosen the soil.

Choose bushy plants with plenty of leafy stems branching out at the base. How to care for chrysanthemums. What is a mum. Keep track of your plants with reminders care tips all to help you grow successfully.

For smaller and more bushy varieties use a plastic or metal. They will rot if they are in standing water. Planting care when to plant. Create an account or log in.

The chrysanthemum is a member of the asteraceae compositae family related to dahlias sunflowers marigolds zinnias and cosmos. Chrysanthemums should be divided every three to five years to avoid overcrowding and promote maximum flowering. The plant ranges in size from a common small cushion mum to the giant spider mums and they bloom in almost every color of the rainbow. In all areas chrysanthemum flowers should be planted in well draining soil.

Plant them like any other perennial spaced about 12 inches apart. Growing chrysanthemums are heavy feeders. Dig a hole at least twice the size of the root ball and incorporate organic matter such as compost or peat to help with drainage. Rhs flower shows for the latest on rhs shows in 2020 and 2021 read more.

Keep consistent moisture to ensure roots can establish themselves.